 The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty,...  The Works of John Locke - Page 341by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Ken Binmore - Political Science - 2005 - 224 pages
...related to John Locke's pastoral idyll, in which everybody enjoys natural rights, according to which: "No one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions", and property rights are acquired by mixing one's labor with a good, provided that there be "enough... | |
 | Chana B. Cox - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 302 pages
...obeying natural moral law, we come under the jurisdiction of others. What are these natural moral laws? The state of nature has a law of nature to govern...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. (Second Treatise, 6) Man, as a naturally social being, has a natural morality. This natural morality... | |
 | Philosophy - 164 pages
...right of nature; which is, by all means we can, to defend ourselves. [Hobbes's emphasis] 7 Locke wrote: The state of nature has a law of nature to govern...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions; . . . 8 And, "I easily grant that civil government is the proper remedy for the inconveniences of the... | |
 | Tibor R. Machan - Philosophy - 2006 - 364 pages
...contrary to Taylor's claim, even Locke identifies pre-political moral responsibilities, when he tells us The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions ...21 Locke clearly, unambiguously refers to 'a law of Nature' - which in this context means a system... | |
 | Nicolaus Tideman - Political Science - 2006 - 358 pages
...Equality, wherein all the Power and Jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another . . . The State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. The corresponding requirement for relations among independent collectivities is that no collectivity... | |
 | Daniel M. Hausman, Michael S. McPherson - Political Science - 2006 - 353 pages
...what the correct moral rules are and recognize that they must be followed. John Locke put it this way: The State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions. (1690, sec. 6) Similarly, the authors of the American Declaration of Independence regarded their claims... | |
 | Carole J Keller - 2006 - 321 pages
...is not a State of License... the State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern it, which obligates every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches...another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. " [Verna M. Hall & Rosalie J. Slater, The Christian History of the Constitution of the United States... | |
 | Walter L. Battaglia - Philosophy - 2006 - 478 pages
...principle in nature, " The State of Nature has a Law of Nature to govern it, which obliges everyone: And Reason, which is that Law, teaches all Mankind,...another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions." 21 Apparently, Locke believes there is an inborn reason which will force one to conclude that one ought... | |
 | Gretchen Ritter - Law - 2006 - 400 pages
...prepolitical society, "The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind,...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions" (1980, 9). It is reason that undergirds private liberty. Still, the need for a neutral authority to... | |
 | Alan Cromartie - History - 2006 - 18 pages
...secondarily to secure the property of others. Because we have no right to harm ourselves, 'reason . . . teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that...another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions'. 37 As 'freedom from absolute, arbitrary power' was 'so necessary to, and closely joined with a man's... | |
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